The College Dropout [Booklet]

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About “The College Dropout [Booklet]”

The College Dropout’s booklet has a rich history behind it. It’s modeled like a high school yearbook and contains Thank You notes made by Kanye himself all over the pages. The photoshoot was done by photographer Danny Clinch and according to Complex, the location was at a gymnasium on 134th Street and 4th Avenue in New York City.

Clinch told Complex about the experience of the photoshoot:

Our rapport was great right from the beginning. He is a really creative person, and I love to collaborate, so we just got right to it. He had plenty of ideas and a vision for the packaging.

After the shoot, it was up to the album’s art director Eric Duvauchelle to sit with Kanye and decide what was going to stay. When Eric was asked if he and Kanye ever discussed the album’s cover, he told Complex:

Did we discuss the cover? We practically designed it in the last three days before they were heading to the printer. We riffed ideas, tried things, and explored various layouts until landing on a pagination and a story. We literally spent 24 hours together in the studio getting it finished, and I stayed at the office 72 hours non-stop. It was so long actually that my wife slept in the lobby one night because she was wondering if i was okay. Ha! Those were the days.